Near-complete version of the beginning of 'Warm Days'

I am a boat
A hand-carved boat

Made by a clumsy person
And given to a child

The child is overjoyed
Playing with it every day

I am happy too

I have turned the basic settings of the works in the real world into a poem.

I wanted to refine the rhythm and the sounds a little more, but for now, I will consider this complete. I actually thought that the slightly clumsy feel might be just right.

I would like to write it in a different form eventually. I also want to try my hand at a story with dialogue. It might be a long way off, though.

When I first opened this Note account, I made a post like this,

Thank you for all the warm responses (and I am still grateful for them even now).

Since then, although the name hasn't been decided yet, I have 'set sail without a clear plan'.
I'll decide on it eventually.
Since then, I am happy that the story, both in pictures and words, is gradually taking shape.

The words have progressed much further than I initially planned, and there are times when I think I should be drawing pictures instead of doing this. However, I want to write when inspiration strikes, and writing also helps to concretize the images, so I tell myself that as an excuse while I write.

Since only the rough parts are done so far, it seems the detailed story will be left to the imagination of each person viewing the pictures, but...

The solo exhibition is composed of stories from three worlds.

At first, the stories of two worlds proceed in parallel.
The real world and the fantasy world.

In the real world, the boat is a hand-carved wooden boat. It is a child's favorite toy. When that child is playing, or when they are sleeping, a story is born. That is the fantasy world, the adventures of the boat.

(In fact, the actual object currently 'in charge of promotion' is also made mainly of balsa wood. It is entirely hand-carved. Thank you for treating it so warmly. I write it in katakana to distinguish it from my own words, but there are moments when I think it must be hard to read. Also, I think it might be strange if only the boat is in katakana when I make the story include dialogue in the future. I'll decide on that eventually.)

In the fantasy world, the boat can fly through the sky, dive into the sea, go underground, and even into space... It can also go to the past and the future... It can do many things. It is repaired and modified by whales.

However, in the real world, the boat just exists. But, just existing is wonderful. In truth, that is true for everyone. I tell myself that as I continue to create.

Regarding this group of works, I plan to produce four pieces with the keywords 'child,' 'play,' and 'living things.'

In addition to the size 10 piece for which the rough draft was decided the other day,

There are three size 0 pieces.

I hope to be able to express a warm time.

And here is the third world.

Is it like a fantasy, or is it reality...?
It is certainly still my own fantasy, but I haven't yet made it clear how it functions as a story. However, perhaps it is both rather than one or the other.

I have only finished the part about the ship's transformation, just the very beginning, but the stories of various creatures will follow. I am researching and agonizing over the illustrations quite a bit. Because I love creatures...

(And at the same time, it seems the ship is watching over that child and those connected to that child.)

I will prepare a written piece for this fantasy world as well, eventually. The illustration is done, but the words are not yet. The illustration also still needs to be photographed.

The progress varies for each world, but I will get them all ready in time.

The solo exhibition will be held from 10/14 to 11/12 at Picaresque, an art gallery in Sangubashi, Tokyo (two stops from Shinjuku on the local train!).

Thank you very much. Well then, until next time.